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Formats and Editions
1. Simpah - Simpa
2. Jumping Dance
3. Atsiagbekor
4. New York String Band
5. Kendal
6. Everything The Monkey Do
7. Gio - Song
8. New Orleans Street Drumming
9. New Orleans/Chicago Jazz Drumming
10. Anougble Festival
11. New York Contemporary Jazz Drumming
12. Work Songs
13. Work Song
14. Work Song
15. Men's Wedding Song
16. Go Down, Old Hannah
17. Medley: Wives' Song/Alabama Children's Song
18. Akonodey
19. Country Song
20. Mansa
21. Samba Gilajagi
22. Wasting My Time
1. Tara
2. Minstrels
3. Kentucky Banjo Instrumental
4. Virginia Banjo Instrumental
5. Kentucky Banjo With Voice
6. Instrumental
7. Belly Harp
8. Djourou
9. Vera Cruz
10. Balafon
11. Baoule
12. Marimba
13. Musical Bow
14. I Have Two Wings
15. Saddlehorse Blues
16. When A Man Marries His Troubles Just Begin
17. Just a Little While To Stay Here
18. He's A Friend Of Mine
19. Jazz At The Philharmonic: Blues, Part 3
More Info:
Moses Asch purchased the "race records" heard on this album in 1941 for 15 cents each. Demonstrating some of the musical styles characteristic of the American South that proved influential in shaping what is now called Jazz, the selections range from folk songs to urban blues to boogie-woogie piano; artists include Dock Reese, Lead Belly, Scrapper Blackwell, Bessie Tucker and Champion Jack Dupree.
